Mission HistoryOn September 29, 1942 took off from Espiritu Santo on a bombing mission off southern Bougainville. Over the target, this B-17 was hit by anti-aircraft fire from a warship and the wing was observed to tear off causing it to crash into the sea at roughly Lat 6° 25' S Long 155° 10 E.

MemorialsThe entire crew was officially declared dead the day of the mission. All are memorialized on the court of the missing at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl). The entire crew earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, posthumously for this mission.

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MACR 16104 was created retroactively, long after the loss or postwar
Thanks to Jim Sawruk for additional information

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